BANGOR — Police say the death of a man in a Bangor apartment is suspicious. But police aren’t saying much about the death reported Monday at the Ohio Street apartment complex. Bangor Police Lt. Tim Reid says a 911 caller asked for an ambulance at about 8:35 a.m. Monday. The name of the deceased is […]

WARREN — Department of Corrections officials say six workers have been laid off at the Maine State Prison. Associate Commissioner Jody Breton said a deputy warden, four captains and a staff development specialist were let go last Friday from the state’s maximum-security prison, in Warren. She told the Bangor Daily News the job cuts were […]

GARDINER — Regulators are warning consumers about a scam involving a company that’s offering consumer loans by phone and over the Internet. The Bureau of Consumer Credit Protection says a company using the name North Lake Equity Group has been telephoning consumers in several states offering personal loans if the customers make several payments in […]

Update 6:50 a.m. BEALS ISLAND — The power is back on for most residents of Maine’s Beals Island, but several commercial users, including the school, remain in the dark. Bangor Hydro says power to the island was lost Monday evening after the cable connecting the island to the mainland failed. Beals Island is about four-tenths […]